Under the 100-meter-high semicircular stone monument is a square that can accommodate 30,000 people.
The ground of the square looks like it is paved with cobblestones. It is uneven. If you look carefully, you can see that there are light blue crystal hoses connecting each other in the gaps.
Every night, the space square will emit bursts of blue light, creating a shocking scene.
Today is a very important day, all the top executives of Star City have arrived.
The space teleportation array project that has taken decades will be completed today, and will soon be connected to the Mist Clan's space teleportation array. This is a very important moment for Star City and human history, and will surely be recorded in the annals of history.
Many space project participants and reporters have crowded the entrance to the space channel, all wanting to witness this exciting moment with their own eyes.
Many of them have spent half their lives building space projects.
For them, this project is not only a task, but also a proof of their lifelong efforts and the greatest honor of their lives. Their names will also be engraved on the back of the space monument forever, with a long history.
The docking time for the space teleportation array has come, but no one from Star City’s top management proposed to start the docking ceremony.
They looked towards the entrance of the square, waiting for the old man to appear.
After a long time, a tiger car stopped at the entrance of the square.
When a haggard old man with gray hair appeared in a wheelchair, the crowd suddenly became quiet and made way for a path into the square.
After getting out of the car, Gu Sha pushed the wheelchair and took Feng Qi towards the square.
It is winter, and the cold wind with moisture is biting and icy, drilling straight into the body.
"Ahem."
Feng Qi couldn't help coughing under the cold wind.
When he opened his palm, there was a bright red color, but he put it down calmly.
The road in the square is uneven and slightly bumpy. Fortunately, the wheelchair was specially customized for him by the Scarlet Technology Department, which can effectively reduce the bumps. Otherwise, the bumps along the way may kill him.
After a long time, he arrived at the location of the docking ceremony.
"Feng Lao."
"Feng Lao."
Seeing Feng Qi appear, all Star City senior officials greeted him respectfully.
Looking at the many slightly unfamiliar faces, Feng Qi nodded in response.
After so many years, Star City's management has reached the stage of replacement. Although some former acquaintances are still working, some have retired.
This new generation has grown up under the education reform system. They will also be the fresh blood of Star City, bringing new vitality and vitality to Star City.
"Sorry, I'm late. Let's start the ceremony."
After Feng Qi finished speaking, the commander-in-chief of the Star City Military Headquarters, who had been prepared for a long time, nodded immediately, then reached out and pressed the cylindrical "connection" switch in front of him.
When the one-meter-tall circular pillar is activated, its expression reveals many twisted lines.
Then the column slowly retracted into the ground.
"Card!"
A crisp docking sound sounded, and the energy station more than ten kilometers away began to operate.
Amidst the violent buzzing sound, the compressed energy was continuously sent to the space square area along the transmission pipeline.
At this time, in the square, a blue energy core surrounded by electric arcs appeared in the center of the semicircular stone tablet.
You can clearly see the energy core rotating, with subtle spatial cracks emerging around it.
As time passed, the entire space square was lit up, and countless blue crystal particles rose from the space square and flew towards the accelerating rotation of the energy core.
boom!
A pitch-black space crack suddenly appeared, disappeared in a flash, the space returned to its original state, and then another space crack flashed away.
When the space teleportation array is officially in operation, the waiting time is longer.
This closure is not surprising.
Until now, humans have only initially mastered space technology, and humans have too much understanding in this field.
During the construction process of this space teleportation array, a lot of knowledge was accumulated for human space science, but it also took many detours and made many irreparable mistakes.
But being able to build it successfully is already the biggest victory.
With the accumulation of basic knowledge, space technology will become more mature and perfect in the future driven by future people.
While waiting, the space fluctuations became more violent, and the ground of the teleportation square trembled.
At this moment, the hearts of everyone present were in their throats.
This project cost a lot of money, and many people died on this project, and even died without seeing the completion of the project.
In the hearts of many people, this project is even more important than their own lives and is proof of their lifelong efforts.
Feng Qi's breathing also became heavier.
There were many problems during the construction of this space teleportation array. If the docking ceremony failed, the entire teleportation array might fall apart, and all efforts would be in vain.
If you want to rebuild it at that time, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources.
The space square beneath their feet looks simple, but is actually very complex.
If you observe with a magnifying glass, you can find that every stone here has traces on it, which are carved using nanoscale technology.
If the space teleportation array project fails and is restarted, it will also affect the development process of Star City.
While waiting anxiously, Feng Qi suddenly felt tightness in his chest and couldn't help coughing again.
Hearing the sound of coughing, people nearby turned their eyes to him with concern on their faces.
The military commander in charge of starting the project immediately came to him and expressed concern:
"Lao Feng, just leave this place to us. Why don't you go back and rest first."
"It doesn't matter, this project was originally planned by me, so naturally I have to watch it succeed...ahem."
Halfway through his words, Feng Qi couldn't help but cough again.
The decaying body is like a candle in the wind, unable to withstand any tossing. When he has any mood swings, he will feel his throat is itchy, his breathing will become heavy, and there will be a hoarse "hiss" when he takes a deep breath.
sound.
He endured his physical discomfort and continued to wait for the success of the space project.
At this time, the space core on the space teleportation array is constantly tearing apart space rifts, and the terrifying energy fluctuations cause the sky to distort and change.
A terrifying amount of energy is consumed every minute and every second.
This kind of consumption is most terrifying when opening the space channel. The energy conversion in the early stage is filled with spirit stones, and only spirit stones can sustain this kind of consumption.
Only when the space transmission array is completely stabilized will the energy consumption be reduced.
However, maintaining the space teleportation array will also be one of the important expenditure items for Star City's resources in the future.
boom!
Suddenly a loud noise came from the sky, and the ground shook violently.
At this time, Feng Qi raised his head and looked towards the center of the space teleportation array. The ground in the very center area was paved with jade stones with excellent "guiding spirit". This area was also called the "teleportation area".
The energy core suspended in the air suddenly shot out a beam of light, hitting the transfer area.
Suddenly the space there began to distort and change, and black as thick as ink continued to emerge from the void.
While waiting, the sticky black color suddenly shrank into a black spot.
Buzz~buzz~
After the buzzing sound, the black spots suddenly expanded to form a blue light curtain.
Seeing this scene, Feng Qi couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.
In his expectant gaze, a familiar figure with purple hair and purple eyes slowly walked out of the blue light screen. After scanning the crowd, his eyes focused on him, and then gave him a thumbs up.
The crowd was in an uproar at this moment, followed by enthusiastic applause.
Although the process was tortuous, the results were satisfying.
The space project that took decades was officially completed and connected with the Mist Clan's space teleportation array. This also heralded the official start of the cooperation between the Mist Clan and Star City.
In the future, with complementary resources and complementary combat capabilities, they will usher in a new era of coordinated development.
Looking at the cheering crowd, Feng Qi also had a smile on his face.
While his emotions were ups and downs, he suddenly felt that his vision was getting darker and his head was becoming dizzy.
Just before his vision was about to be swallowed up by darkness, he heard a familiar voice ringing in his ears:
"Brother, hold on, I'm not here for a feast..."
Immediately afterwards, he lost consciousness.
…
I don't know how long it took, but when he woke up from the coma, he found himself lying in the healing warehouse of Hu Po Research Institute.
This machine was produced by Scarlet Research Institute and specially sent to Hupo Research Institute for his continued use.
He reached out and pressed the switch next to him, the liquid flowed out along the drain hole, and the transparent glass cover above his head slowly opened.
Sitting up, he saw the Lord of Mist looking at him with a smile.
"Can you still hold on?"
"No problem... Nian Mu will be here soon in a few years. I will hold on until that moment."
The Lord of Mist nodded, then stepped forward to help him get off the medical device and sit in the wheelchair.
"Old fan, why don't you look old at all?"
Pushing him towards the training room, the Lord of Mist smiled and said:
"Our Mist Tribe has a special physique. Even if we don't practice, we can live for more than a thousand years. I'm still young."
"How come the natural lifespan of your Mist Tribe is longer than Xiaowen's?"
"Bloodline strength is only one of the factors that affects lifespan. Take the turtles and bastards in your human world for example. Do they have high bloodline strength? Do they have a lifespan that far exceeds that of humans?"
"So you are the thousand-year-old bastards among the domain forces?"
Lord of the Mists:......
While chatting, they left the Hupo Research Institute.
Originally, Gu Sha wanted to go with him, but Feng Qi persuaded him to go back.
Walking along the forest path outside the Hupo Research Institute, they began to talk about the future direction of cooperation between the two races.
Then we talked about the past again.
As we age, too many memories are stored in our memory.
He also understood at that time why many old people always stay in silence for hours, because the thickness of their memories makes their memories longer.
In contrast, he still has the influence of memory superposition.
Memories will become longer.
When talking about interesting things from the past, Feng Qi and the Lord of Mist couldn't help laughing, and then they coughed violently.
…
Eight years later.
Winter City.
Under the bright starry sky, a silver ray of light was like a stream of light in the sky, flickering and falling on the deserted streets in the northern district of Winter City.
It was late at night and the streets were deserted.
When the silver light dissipated, the girl's figure emerged.
She was wearing a neon dress, her skin was white and greasy, she was about 1.68 meters tall, with a long single ponytail hanging from the back of her head, her eyes seemed to be smiling, and her eyes seemed to be surrounded by stars, bright and energetic.
.
After looking around, the girl grinned and showed her white teeth:
"I'm back, hahahaha."
At this time, a snow-clearing robot came to her side, and then a mechanical voice sounded:
"Please don't block my way forward."
Hearing the electronic synthesized sound, the girl decisively stepped aside to get out of the way, then stretched out her hand and saluted the snow clearing robot:
∠(°ゝ°)
"You're welcome."
After saying that, the girl strode towards the Winter City.
After walking only a few steps, the girl suddenly smelled the fragrance wafting from a distance, and her eyes suddenly flashed with silver light.
Following the scent to the corner of the street, she looked up at the noodle shop's sign, and then stepped inside.
There were no customers in the noodle shop late at night. Only the elderly owner was checking his mobile phone. When he saw the girl appearing, he smiled and asked:
"What to eat?"
"Boss, I want to eat this, this, and this... I want to eat them all."
The girl pointed at the menu on the wall and her eyes lit up.
The noodle shop owner was stunned when he heard this:
"Can you eat so much?"
"Yeah." The girl nodded decisively, and then sat directly on her seat.
The noodles hadn't arrived yet, but the girl couldn't wait any longer. She picked up the condiments on the table and poured it into her mouth.
After a short silence, the girl's face was filled with a happy smile:
“The food tastes delicious!”
After a long time, the boss arrived with beef noodles.
"thank you boss."
The girl looked at the middle-aged uncle and showed a sweet smile, then picked up the kuaizi, sprinkled with chopped green onions and started to make noodles.
The hot mist hit her face, and the girl picked up a piece of beef and stuffed it into her mouth.
While chewing, her expression showed great enjoyment:
“Delicious, so delicious.”
A bowl of beef noodles was eaten in the blink of an eye, and not even a bit of soup base was left.
The girl started to look forward to it, waiting for the boss to bring the second bowl of noodles.
Seeing the girl finishing a bowl of noodles at an astonishing speed, the noodle shop owner was surprised, but he didn't say anything and smiled and speeded up.
Soon the second bowl, then the third bowl... not long after, the empty bowls were stacked more than one meter high.
But the girl had no intention of eating enough.
The noodle shop owner couldn't help but asked curiously:
"You must be a frontline soldier, right?"
"That's right. Boss, please hurry up. I'm so hungry."
Looking at the girl holding the kuaizi and just knocking on the bowl to urge her, the boss lowered his head and speeded up.
A few hours later, the girl was surrounded by leftover bowls. A sweet smile appeared on her face, and then she let out a long sigh of satisfaction:
"Boss, thank you for the hospitality, and I wish you the best."
As she spoke, the girl stood up and prepared to leave.
"Little sister, we haven't paid the bill yet." Seeing the girl about to leave, the middle-aged uncle immediately called out.
After a brief moment of shock, the girl suddenly realized something.
Looking at the noodle shop owner who was still waiting for her to pay the bill, the girl was silent for a long time, her bracelet flashed, and then she slapped a black stone on the dining table and said carelessly:
"Boss, we are destined, so I will give you this fire stone to pay for my meal."
Looking at the black stone on the table, the boss looked confused:
"What's this?"
"A precious mineral." The girl explained very seriously.
"Is it a resource stone produced in the field?"
"Just take it as a yes, that's it, goodbye boss."
Under the confused expression of the boss, the girl turned around and left the restaurant.
After the girl left, the boss stared at the black stone in a daze. He felt that he had been cheated on, but he felt that the girl would not deceive him.
From the moment he came into contact with her, he felt an inexplicable affinity with the girl.
He couldn't help but trust.
After a brief hesitation, he took out his cell phone and dialed his son who was on the front line.
After a long time, the boss showed an expression of disbelief on his face.
Looking at the black stones on the dining table again, he felt like it was a dream... spending hundreds of millions on a meal, what kind of luxury is this.
At this time, the girl who came out of the noodle shop was like a deer in the forest, jumping forward happily on the street:
